1817 in Norway

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See also:	1817 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1817 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Charles II. ^[1]

Events

• The Miss Schultz School is founded. It was the first school for girls in Bergen, the biggest city in Norway in 1817.

Births

• 9 January – Jacob Jørgen Kastrup Sømme, businessperson, consul and politician (d.1893)
• 2 June – Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh, archivist (d.1888)
• 23 July – Johan Christian Collett, politician (d.1895)
• 8 August - Eilert Sundt, sociologist (d.1875)
• 9 September – Johan Collett Falsen, jurist and politician (d.1879)
• 14 October – Marcus Thrane, author, journalist, and the leader of the first labour movement in Norway (d.1890)
• 4 December – Hans Jensen, businessperson (d.1888)

Full date unknown

• Anders Bull, politician and Minister (d.1906)
• Magnus Feilberg, bookseller and publisher (d.1899)
• Ole Larsen Hammerstad, politician (d.1873)
• Adolph Frederik Munthe, politician and Minister (d.1884)
• Hilmar Martinus Strøm, politician
• Niels Petersen Vogt, politician and Minister (d.1894)
• Johannes Tørrissen Worum, politician

Deaths

• 26 May - Peter Holm, government official and topographical writer (b.1733)
• 29 July - Johan Lausen Bull, jurist and politician (b.1751)
• 22 December - Peder Jørgen Cloumann, bailiff and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly (b.1747)

References

1. Langslet, Lars Roar; Mardal, Magnus A. "Karl 2.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 December 2023.